| Left My Blues in San Francisco | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Buddy Guy |
| Cover: | ILeftMyBluesinSanFransisco.BuddyGuy.png |
| Released: | 1967 |
| Recorded: | 1962, 1965 - 1967, Chicago, IL |
| Studio: | Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Length: | 32:03 |
| Label: | Chess (#LP 1527/LPS 1527) |
| Producer: | Gene Barge |
| Next Title: | A Man and the Blues |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
Left My Blues in San Francisco is the debut studio album by American blues artist Buddy Guy, released in 1967.[1] [2] Future Rotary Connection producer and keyboardist Charles Stepney provided orchestration and drums on some tracks. The album is a mix of older blues tunes and three Buddy Guy originals.
Reviewing a reissue, The Advocate wrote that "the album’s hodgepodge of styles—soul, rhythm and blues, pop and blues—forms a fascinating time capsule from which Guy’s irrepressible personality and fiery guitar do emerge."[3]
A number of the names of the musicians who contributed to these sessions have been lost to posterity. These are the baritone saxophonist on tracks 1, 7 and 10; bassist on tracks 3, 5 and 6; drummer on tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8; rhythm guitarist on tracks 1, 5, 7 and 10; organist on tracks 3 and 8; pianist on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11; and tenor saxophonist on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 10